The Chess Scalpel

Stormester Zenon Francos moderne treningsbok etter den gamle oppskriften å gjette trekk i ulike mesterpartier. Du legger noe over siden, flytter det nedover trekk for trekk og tenker ut det neste.

Dette blir en god kombinasjon av strategi og taktikk i moderne partier på et høyt nivå, men der fornuftig nok du først etterpå får vite hvem som var spillerne i det virkelige partiet. Av de 32 partiene er 26 spilt på 2000-tallet og 6 på 1900-tallet.

Fra forfatterens forord:

The idea behind this book is for you to ‘play’ as in a real game, and it is my job to ensure you have a pleasant time while training. I suggest you take at least an hour and a half for each game and as your coach I will indicate when to guess the moves. Sometimes there will be suggestions — including tricky ones — to measure your concentration level. The ideas behind the moves are always explained.

The games have been chosen according to my personal liking and commentaries are based on those by the players themselves, which is a great help in understanding what indeed happened. In some games you will have to guess moves for the losing side too. Indeed, I expect that as you proceed you will become familiar with the question of Mark Dvoretsky: “What could my opponent play?”. Importance has also been given to the practical aspect, which doesn’t always coincide with the suggestions off ered by the engines as best. This is to make it more like ‘a real game’.